The European Union coordinator overseeing the Iranian nuclear talks, Enrique Mora, met with Iran's chief negotiator, Ali Baghéri, in Tehran on Sunday, according to state media, to try to settle some disputes. final points of disagreement.
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Iran has been engaged for several months in talks in Vienna with China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and Germany to revive the 2015 agreement supposed to prevent Tehran from acquiring the atomic bomb, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions that are suffocating the Iranian economy.
“
We have to conclude this negotiation
”
"
Ali Baghéri stressed that an agreement can be reached if the American side is realistic
," said Irna, adding that Enrique Mora, who arrived late Saturday in Tehran, was going to meet other Iranian officials.
“
We have to conclude this negotiation.
The stakes are high
,” the European diplomat tweeted on Saturday, indicating that he was making efforts “
to close the remaining gaps
” between the positions of the stakeholders.
The Vienna agreement fell apart after Washington's unilateral withdrawal in 2018, decided by then-President Donald Trump, reinstating sanctions against Iran, which in response gradually freed itself from the limits imposed on its program. nuclear.
The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell estimated on Saturday that the conclusion of an agreement was a "
matter of days
".
Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian said on Saturday that one of the outstanding issues was the removal of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic,
from Washington 's list of "
terrorist organizations ".
But on Sunday, the US special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, told Qatar that Washington would maintain sanctions against the Guardians even if there is a nuclear deal.
